State
Assembly

All 80 biennially elected seats of the State Assembly were up for
election this year. Each seat has a two-year term. The Democrats
retained control of the State Assembly.[3]

California State Assembly - 2004

Seats

Democratic-Held

48

Republican-Held

32

2004
Elections

Democratic Incumbent and Uncontested

33

Contested, Open Seats

23

Republican Incumbent and Uncontested

24

Total

80

Statewide ballot
propositions

Sixteen ballot propositions qualified
to be listed on the general election ballot in California. Nine
measures passed while seven failed.[4][5]

Proposition
1A

Proposition 1A would protect local funding and taxrevenues
for locally delivered services and prohibit the State from reducing
local
governments' property tax proceeds. Proposition 1A
passed with 83.6% approval.

Proposition 60 would provide the right for political
parties participating in a primary election for partisan office
to also participate in the general election for that office.
Proposition 60 passed with 67.5% approval.

Proposition 60A would reserve proceeds from sale of surplus
state property purchased with General Fund monies to payment of
principal, interest on Economic Recovery Bonds approved in March
2004. Proposition 60A passed with 73.2% approval.

Proposition
69

Proposition 69 would require and provide funding for the
collection of DNA samples from all
felons with submission to the state DNA database. Proposition 69
passed with 62.0% approval.

Proposition
70

Proposition 70 would require the Governor to execute a 99-year
gaming compact upon tribe's request, and the tribe would contribute
a percentage of its net gaming income to state funds in exchange
for expanded, exclusive gaming. Proposition 70 failed with 23.7%
approval.

Proposition 71 would establish the California
Institute for Regenerative Medicine to regulate and fund stem-cell research, would
establish a constitutional right to conduct stem-cell research, and
would create a stem-cell research oversight committee. Proposition
71 passed with 59.1% approval.

Proposition
72

Proposition 72 would require health care coverage for employees working for
large and medium employers. Proposition 72 failed with 49.1%
approval.